A Gazan man accused of being involved in the October 7 attacks on southern Israel two years ago has been arrested in Louisiana, according to justice officials.

"Investigators believe Honeycutt was killed by a lightning strike when thunderstorms moved through the area" on Saturday, the sheriff's office said.

Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub al-Muhtadi allegedly took part in the attack on Israel and lied on a visa application, court documents say.

Will Crain, an associate justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, was nominated Monday by President Donald Trump to be a federal judge in New Orleans. If confirmed by the Senate, Crain would fill one of three vacancies on the federal bench in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

A teen who did not return after going hunting in northern Louisiana was likely killed by a lightning strike, according to investigators. The grim discovery was made around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, near the town of Bernice, the Union Parish Sheriff's Office reported in an Oct. 19 news release.

Prosecutors say cell phone location data places Lafayette, Louisiana, resident Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, at the scene of the attacks.

The map showed levels of fine particle (PM2.5) pollution in the "unhealthy" category spanning communities east and south of Baton Rouge, including over Gonzales, Albany, Donaldsonville, Killian, Independence, Montpelier, and Pine Grove.

The FBI is accusing a Louisiana resident of participating in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, then lying on his application for a visa to live in the U.S.

Reformation's new New Orleans store, the company's first in Louisiana, is set to open on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate across the country.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - President Donald Trump on Monday (Oct. 20) nominated a Louisiana Supreme Court justice to fill a vacancy on the federal court bench in New Orleans. Justice William J. Crain, who was elected to the state’s highest court in November 2019, is “highly qualified and respected,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.